What do y’all think about the processing on the stations in Louisiana? What are y’alls most and least favorites? and better yet does anybody know what anyone uses??? I personally like the processing on KKST (Kiss 98.7) and KRRQ (Q95.5). And I personally H A T E the sound of WNXX 104.5.
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Processing in Louisiana
- Thread starter djnoah225
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WDGL and KZMZ sound phenomenal
My Personal Processing favorites:
Best:
KKST - Best sounding Urban in Louisiana
KQID - Sounds pretty nice
KQXL - Sounds good for an Urban AC
WYLD - Also sounds good
KRRQ - plenty of bass and barely any distortion. Good for an Urban station
Mid:
KNEK - sounds alright but distorted sometimes
KHXT - doesnt sound terrible but needs to change
WQUE - Sounds alright for an Urban
WEMX - Nice and bassy but very distorted
KSMB - Sounds like KNEK but probably worse
WORST:
WTQT-LP - Lots of pumping, barely any treble, muddy, gate set to high and too fast.
WNXX - No highs and most likely overmodulated.
Best:
KKST - Best sounding Urban in Louisiana
KQID - Sounds pretty nice
KQXL - Sounds good for an Urban AC
WYLD - Also sounds good
KRRQ - plenty of bass and barely any distortion. Good for an Urban station
Mid:
KNEK - sounds alright but distorted sometimes
KHXT - doesnt sound terrible but needs to change
WQUE - Sounds alright for an Urban
WEMX - Nice and bassy but very distorted
KSMB - Sounds like KNEK but probably worse
WORST:
WTQT-LP - Lots of pumping, barely any treble, muddy, gate set to high and too fast.
WNXX - No highs and most likely overmodulated.
I like this thread. Curious about the comments...
Are you commenting on analog FM sound or digital FM sound?
What types of radios have you been listening on, and how many different radios? (HTX I see you own multiple radios).
What is your reference for what sounds good?
Sorry about getting personal, but how is your hearing?
djnoah225, are you saying probably over modulated because it is loud, or because it is distorted (or both)?
Are you commenting on analog FM sound or digital FM sound?
What types of radios have you been listening on, and how many different radios? (HTX I see you own multiple radios).
What is your reference for what sounds good?
Sorry about getting personal, but how is your hearing?
djnoah225, are you saying probably over modulated because it is loud, or because it is distorted (or both)?
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KQID, KKST, KZMZ, KRRV are all using Omnia 11 boxes.
I primarily use 2 portable radios for DXing. I’m usually not listening to really know if a station sounds worse than another. I’ll mostly use my Sangean HDR-14 which doesn’t sound the best and the SPARC SHD-TX2 (discontinued and hard to find) which sounds a lot better. But for actual listening I’ll just use my car radio and the Sangean HDR-18 which sounds great.
Honestly most stations sound just fine to me but the ones who don’t are really noticeable. But I like to think my hearing is pretty good as I’m fairly young. But I’ll listen to higher quality music through CDs or vinyl records
I am talking about the analog FM signal. The digital signals have little to no noticeable processing. For 104.5, they had a clipping/over modulation problem but idk if they got it fixed or not. I listen to FM on my big ol DJ speaker and in my car. I catch more stations than in the car. My hearing is good. And my reference for what sounds good = Loud, clear, bass sounds good, and little to no distortion (some is ok)
update on the LP: can’t catch it in Zachary anymore. idk if they went off the air or not
anyone have any idea of what WEMX uses??
Thank you HTX and djnoah225 for responding.
I’m amazed you could hear it up there. The maps have it reaching up to Baker
I attached some transmitter pics, they are an all Nautel operation. They run their cluster like its a major market operation.
That's great. So many smaller stations run entirely on the cheap.
Fieldtech1 that is beautiful. Thank you for posting the pictures.